Announcements

Systems Infrastructure Manager

fenns — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:18:45 -0700

Systems Infrastructure Manager - Provides daily management of staff and other resources that are required to design, implement and maintain web servers and supporting systems for the vast majority of the Oregon State University and the Oregon University Systems.

If you are interested in this position, please visit:

http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=54290

An OSU Jobs profile is required before submitting your application. Deadline to apply is December 8, 2008.

Position Announcement - Web Developer

grayt — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:31:07 -0700

Analyst Programmer - Competency Level 3: Design develop and implement projects and participation in the design review & testing phases of projects. Design, analyze and code programs in HTML, PHP, SQL, JavaScript and other appropriate languages for use in the Web browser based environment. Examine application interface between the users and underlying application code. Develop and modify complex Web-based applications in a team programming environment. Document all code and processes following standards outlined by the team. This position performs these duties in collaboration with other programmers. Act as an advanced resource for other programmers. Provide problem resolution and advanced troubleshooting for problems that are escalated from other parts of CWS. This position is the highest level in the escalation chain for complex system issues.

If you are interested in this position, please visit:

http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=54214

An OSU Jobs profile is required before submitting your application. Deadline has been extended to November 24, 2008.

Brief shell, ftp, SMB and MySQL server downtime 10/18/08 6:00am

grayt — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:15:28 -0700

The CWS shell, FTP, SMB and MySQL database server will be offline
at 6:00am, Saturday, October 18th, 2008 to apply a kernel update.

Full service will be restored by 6:30am.

Websites which do not rely upon database connectivity will be completely
functional during this maintenance.

Drupal websites which use a database back end will default to serving up
a local cached copy of their content during this outage.

Websites which do rely upon database connectivity will experience an
outage during this window, where attempted queries will fail.

Please let me know if you have any questions,
Matthew Peterson
Central Web Services

CWS NFS Server Outage - RESOLVED

petersm3 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:31:12 -0800

Issues with the CWS NFS server have been resolved.

Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions.

Thank you,
Matthew Peterson
Central Web Services

Urchin Temporarily Unavailable

petersm3 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:36:11 -0800

Web Statistics are temporarily unavailable; they will be back as soon as possible.

Position Announcement - Lead Web Developer

grayt — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:37:12 -0700

Analyst Programmer - Competency Level 3: Sets internal programming standards to be used by all programming staff. Reviews project specifications written by other developers for accuracy, feasibility and best practices. Development, design, implementation of projects and participates in the design review & testing phases of projects. Design, analyze and code programs in HTML, PHP, Perl, SQL, JavaScript and other appropriate languages for use in the Web browser based environment. Performs this duty in tandem with other programmers. Examine application interface between the users and underlying application code. Develop and modify complex Web-based applications in a team programming environment. Document all code and processes following standards outlined by the team. Acts as an advanced resource for other programmers. Provides problem resolution and advanced troubleshooting for problems that are escalated from other parts of CWS. This position is the highest level in the escalation chain for all code issues. Works with the Application Development Manager (ADM) in the process of project estimates. Provides the ADM with appropriate technical and non-technical language to best describe programming necessary to meet client specifications.

If you are interested in this position, please visit:

http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=54185

An OSU Jobs profile is required before submitting your application. Deadline to apply is November 5, 2008.

Student programmers needed

blumn — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:33:19 -0700

Information Services, Central Web Services (CWS) is looking for student programmers with strong web development skills.

Students must be well-versed in XHTML and CSS. Previous programming experience in PHP and mySQL is preferred. Strong communication skills and experience in a team environment is helpful. Experience with Drupal is a plus.

This is a great opportunity to work for an exciting department and gain real-world web project experience.

Please provide a resume, a code sample and links to previous work (if available). Send this information to Nick Blum.

Student System Administrators Needed

lomaxe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:23:21 -0700

Information Services, Central Web Services (CWS) is looking for student sytems administrators with LAMP administration skills.

Students must be well-versed fundamentals of LAMP administration. Previous experience with Debian and Apache2 preferred. Experience with programming in Perl, Python, Ruby is a plus. Strong communication skills and experience in a team environment is helpful. Understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, is a plus.

This is a great opportunity to work for an exciting department and gain real-world web project experience.

Please send resumes to Nick Blum.

Brief shell, ftp, SMB and MySQL server downtime 8/23/08 6:00am

zojoncj — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:14:13 -0700

The CWS shell, FTP, SMB and MySQL database server will be offline
tomorrow at 6:00am, Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 to apply a kernel
update.

Full service will be restored by 6:30am.

Websites which do not rely upon database connectivity will be completely
functional during this maintenance.

Drupal websites which use a database back end will default to serving up
a local cached copy of their content during this outage.

Websites which do rely upon database connectivity will experience an
outage during this window, where attempted queries will fail.

We apologize for the short notice.

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Matthew Peterson
Central Web Services

7-12-2008: Shell and FTP Server Kernel Upgrade

lomaxe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:44:20 -0700

The CWS shell, FTP and SMB server will be rebooted at 6:00am on Saturday, July 12th 2008 to apply a kernel upgrade. The new kernel contains fixes for possible security exploits.

Full service will be restored by 6:30am.

All websites hosted by Central Web Services will be completely functional during this maintenance.